Hat-fastener.



Patented Aug. l5, |899.

J. sTAuBIER.

HAT FASTENER.

(No Model.)

im@ f i (Application led Dec. 9, 189B.)

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JOSEPH STAUBER, OF BROOKVILLE, KANSAS, ASSIGN OR OF ONE-HALF TO JOHN C.FARRAR, OF KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI, AND WILLIAM R. JOHN- SON, OF OARNEIRO,KANSAS.

HAT-FASTEN ER.

SPOIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 631,098, dated August15, 1899.

Application filed December 9, 1898. Serial No. 698,702. (No model.)

T all whom it' may con/cern:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH STAUBER, a citizen of the United States, anda resident of Brookville, Saline county, Kansas, have invented anew anduseful Improvement in Hat- Fasteners, of which the following is aspeciiication.

My invention relates to hat-fasteners for ladies hats; and my object isto produce a dexo vice of this character which may be easily and quicklyattached to or removed from a hat in order that the owner of severalhats need possess only a single fastener.

A further object is to provide a hat-fastener which is adjustable to fitany hat and which is of simple, durable, and cheap construction.

To this end the invention consists in certain novel and peculiar`features of construczo tion and combinations of parts, as hereinafterdescribed and claimed, and in order that the invention may befullyunderstood reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, inwhich- Figure 1 is a vertical cross-section of a hat provided with afastener embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a cross-section, partlybroken away, taken on the line II Il of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a perspectiveview of the fastener detached from the hat. Fig. 4. is a detailperspective view of a plate forming part of the fastener.

In the said drawings, 1 and 2 designate a pair of preferably resilientstrips provided,

respectively, with lugs la and 2a, the lugs 1 being bent around so as toembrace the strip 2, while the lugs 2 of the latter are bent around andembrace the strip l. This arrangement permits said strips to be adjusted4o longitudinally with relation to each other, but prevents theirdisconnection. The opposite end of strip 1 is provided with a sharpenedpin or prong 3, and the opposite end of strip 2 is provided with asimilar pin or prong 4, the latter, however, being preferably of somewhat greater length. The strips 1 and 2 are curved, and when securedtogether form an arch, sometimes horizontal, which extends practicallyfrom one side of the hat to the other.

Secured at suitable points to the strips 1 and 2,-by means of rivets 5or their equivalents, are short combs 6, extending about straightdownward when thearch is horizontal, (see Figs. 1 and 2,) and riveted,as at 7, or otherwise secured to the end of the strip 2 inward of thepin or prong 4 is a lever 8, eX- tending at an angle of about forty-fivedegrees to the combs. At its lower end said lever is bent outward abouthorizontally to provide the handle 9 and above the latter is formed orprovided with an outwardly-projecting pin 10.

11 designates a plate of any suitable configuration provided verticallyabove its center with a hole 12 and at its lower corners or ends withthe outwardly-projecting prongs 13. Near one end it is also providedwith a pair of holes 14 15, arranged concentrically of the hole 12 and adistance from said hole equal to the distance between the pin 4 andprong 10.

In practice the plate `11 is secured to the inner side of the hat, nearits lower margin, by forcing said prongs 13 outward through the wall ofthe hat and clenching their outer ends, this clenching simply consistingin bending back the projecting ends of said prongs. The fastener properis then fitted with the pin or prong 4, projecting through the hole 12and through the wall of the hat, while the pin 3 is caused to ,penetratethe opposite wall, a small washer 16 being tted upon said pin in orderto prevent the end of strip 4 from injuring the hat by turning directlyagainst the same. When the fastener is thus secured, it is arranged sothat the combs (5 extend about vertically downward, with the handle 9bearing against the under side of the hat-rim and the pin 10 of thelever bearing frictionally against the non-perforated end of plate 11.(See Fig. 2.) The hat is then tted carefully upon the head, so that thependent combs shall reliably penetrate the hair. When this isaccomplished, the wearer carefully moves the lever from the positionshown in full lines toward its position as shown by dotted lines,

Fig. 2, and by so doing throws the horizontal arch to an uprightposition, so that it may span the head above without interfering withthe hair. By thus adjusting the arch the combs are turned gradually upto a horizontal position and thereby obtain a grip upon the hair whichwill hold the hat reliably in place, and theyare locked in this positionby the automatic engagement of the prong lO with the hole 14 of platell. This connection is made more reliable because the combs are slightlysegmental in cross-section, which tends to cause the engaged hair toslip farther toward the center of the comb. In case of emergency-forinstance, when a stiff wind is blowing-the lever may be turned stillfarther in the same direction until prong l0 snaps into the hole l5.This relation of course raises the teeth of the comb, if anything, abovethe plane of their riveted ends and makes it practically impossible forthe hat to be removed without the entire disarrangement of the hair.

To remove the hat at any time, it is only necessary to press slightlyinward on the handle, so as to spring the short prong lO out of hole 14or l5 and then move it back to its original position, as shown at Fig.2. By so doing the combs are brought back to a vertically-pendentposition in the hair, and the hat may be lifted from the head withoutdisarranging the hair, as will be readily understood.

From the above description it will be apparent that I have produced ahat-fastener which embodies the features of advantage enumerated asdesirable in the statement of invention, and it is to be understood thatwhile the drawings illustrate the preferred embodiment of my invention Ireserve the right to make such changes in the detail construction,arrangement, form, or proportion of the parts as properly fall withinits spirit and scope.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

l. Ahat-fastener, comprising a curved strip having its ends pivoted inthe line of its length in the opposite walls of a hat, one or more combssecured thereto, and depending vertically therefrom when the strip liesabout in a horizontal plane, and means to rotate said curved strip abouta quarter of a circle and cause it to arch over the wearers head andbring the combs to substantially a horizontal position, substantially asdescribed.

2. A hat-fastener, comprising a resilient arch pivoted at its ends inthe side walls of a hat, one or more combs secured thereto, and when thearch is horizontal depending verti cally therefrom, means to rotate saidarch and bring the combs to substantially a horizontal position, andmeans to lock the arch with said combs in said position, substantiallyas described.

3. A hat-fastener, comprising a resilient arch consisting of two stripssecured slidingly together, and pivoted at their outer ends in thesidewalls of a hat, one or more combs depending from said arch, a leversecured to the arch whereby the arch may be brought to an uprightposition and the combs to a substantially horizontal position, and meansto lock said lever with the comb in a substantially horizontal position,substantially as described.

4. A hat-fastener, comprising a resilient arch pivoted at its ends inthe side walls of the hat, a comb or combs depending therefrom when thearch is about horizontal, a plate secured to the inner side of one ofthe walls of the hat, and a lever secured to the arch and provided witha pin adapted to engage a hole in said plate and thereby lock the combin a certain position, substantially as described.

5. A hat-fastener, comprising a detachable plate, secured to the innerside of one of the side walls of the hat, and provided with a pluralityof holes, a resilient arch carrying combs and having pins at its ends,one of said pins projecting through one of the holes of said plate andthe contiguous side Wall of the hat, the other pin projecting throughthe opposite side Wall of the hat, a lever secured to the end of thearch contiguous to said plate, provided with a handle underlying thehat-brim, and a pin which is adapted to engage either of the remainingopenings of said plate, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I afix my signature in the presence of twowitnesses.

JOSEPH STAUBER.

Witnesses:

M. R. REMLEY, G. Y. THonrE.

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